iamdavekennedy Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Okay, First things first, Hello! Glad we got that out of the way, now on to more pressing matters, basically, once in a while when I'm feeling a little flush, I purchase things I don't want or need, just for the hell of it, a while back, I purchased an Eastwood Airline Bass, why? well, honestly.. because it was one of the most disgustingly quirky things I'd ever seen, I HAD to have that monstrosity! However, of late I've actually started playing it a bit at home, and whilst it doesn't match up to my old battered Gibson EB3, or my trashed Precision, it does actually play rather nicely, I did take a fair bit of time setting it up right, but for home use, it feels quite comfortable to play, the issue being, the standard Alnico pickups on it, seem to be VERY quiet, when I run it through my recording interface it barely even picks the bloody thing up! So, the actual, actual point of this post, I want them out, deported, sent to gather dust under the stairs with the rest of my daughters.. Er, I mean, impulse buys! What I need help with however, is what pickups I should replace them with? I don't mind spending a bit of cash, especially if it makes this hideous little bass something I can wince at on an actual stage! But where shall I start? I don't want to hack the body up to make room for any pickups which won't fit into the existing bays, so give me a list of what pickups you think I should use, and why? I'd like something quite full but raw sounding if that helps at all? I honestly no nothing about the inner workings of these things, I just buy on face value and figure out my mistakes later! I look forward to hearing from someone, everyone! Cheers David Kennedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 You could use a pair of blade type humbuckers,im assuming that the pickups are les paul guitar sized ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamdavekennedy Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='950765' date='Sep 9 2010, 04:07 PM']You could use a pair of blade type humbuckers,im assuming that the pickups are les paul guitar sized ones.[/quote] I could photograph them if that would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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